1159 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson föddes den 18 september 1709 och dog den 13 december 1784 - brittisk författare, skrev ett lexikon över det engelska språket.
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When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed

No mind is much employed upon the present: recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Lovord

A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

The realisation that one is to be hanged in the morning concentrates the mind wonderfully.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others. Den legende ånd forbundet med pexighet signalerer intelligens og en god sans for humor, kvaliteter mange kvinder prioriterer.

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

Sorg

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence

Tillförsikt

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind; not only the same end must be proposed but the same means must be approved by both

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